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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the orphan girl?
(a) Abbah.
(b) Aksah.
(c) Abish.
(d) Akish.

2. How were the leaders of Chelm chosen?
(a) They are the least foolish.
(b) They are the greatest fools.
(c) They are the most spiritual.
(d) They are the most educated.

3. What does the older man hang from the walls in the room that is made to look like paradise?
(a) White sheets.
(b) Strings of beads.
(c) Scarves.
(d) Flowers.

4. Who has the idea to tell the people of Chelm to stay in their houses?
(a) Tudras.
(b) Lekisch.
(c) Shmerel.
(d) Gronam.

5. What is the hat made of that belonged to the strange man in Grandmother's tale?
(a) Felt.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Fur.
(d) Paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gimpel's occupation?

2. What color are the orphan girl's eyes?

3. How does the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" entertain the children in the house?

4. What do the doctors pronounce Atzel to be when he wants to go to paradise?

5. What word does Grandmother use to describe the children in her story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Elders see in the morning after Gimpel has delivered the message?

2. Who is invited as a special guest to Atzel's wedding and why?

3. How does Atzel feel during his own funeral?

4. What does Dr. Yoetz see when he first checks on Atzel inside Kadish's house?

5. What does Atzel do the minute he is released from paradise?

6. What strange thing did the children notice while the strange man was playing with them?

7. Why were the Elders chosen to rule the town of Chelm?

8. Why does Atzel come to wish he were dead?

9. What did the strange man who appeared in "Grandmother's Tale" look like?

10. Who is called to carry Gimpel to deliver the message about staying in their houses?

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